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Page 18 THE HERALD Saturday December Children can learn from their Christmas gifts NEW FOR Christmas Is the Bible story board game Noah s Ark about for those 7 and older Ages 3 and up will enjoy My First UNO with Sesame Street characters about MAGIC KEY Mansion Is a threestory doll house by Fisher Price This six room Victorian house Is part of a miniature village about How old should your child be before learning how to compete It s something to think about If you choose a game for a Christmas gift Game playing Is a healthy part of childhood says Jeff Conrad a de signer for International Games But competition by its very definition re quires both a winner and a loser You have to be sensitive to your child s readiness to win and to lose International Games has done ex tensive research on child develop ment which three years ago resulted in the award winning Games for Growing series More recently it has led to My First UNO a new game for preschool This game combines the ters of Sesame Street with the basics of the game UNO This Christmas the product is available in toy stores for about Conrad makes the distinction be tween simple act and games If you roll a ball to a toddler and he rolls it back to you that ty because there is no competition in Children as young as months can respond to and participate tivities But its usually not until they re around 3 years old that they can play games Very young children have a strong ego which often translates into stub bornness over sharing or taking turns elements integral to playing games One on that your child is ready to start playing games is when his vocabulary shifts from mine mine mine into ours says Conrad Many parents feel that the day to day pressures of life are already enough for their youngsters and the last thing their child needs is the tional stress of competition But Conrad notes that life is lull of victories and losses both great and small and it important to introduce children to that as gently as possible Penalties can be devastating to a child he notes so when developing games for preschool children we ve worked hard to introduce positive re inforcementsinto the game play The worst thing that can happen to a young player in our games is that they must wait until their next turn to re sume play The complexities that make game fun for adults often frustrate dren So when developing My First UNO International Games the reverse and skip cards found In UNO They were replaced by a free turn card which adds to the games fun without confusing children Concepts and characters familiar to children also ease the transition from activities to games says Con We frequently employ charac from Sesame Street as we did in My First UNO so that children feel comfortable with the game After the age of 3 children are much more capable of grasping the concept of sharing and are more to be part of a group Says Conrad Games are a won derf way to teach children not only how to handle competition but also how to interact socially with their peers both vital to a child s hapginess COME AND ENJOY OUR HOLIDAY AFTERNOON TEA MON SAT 10AM PM 1 1 5 MAIN ST S DOWNTOWN GEORGETOWN 8732754 LOCAL VIDEO STORE OFFERS XMAS GIFT TO 4000 MEMBERS Country Video Games would like to thank its members lor their patriotism over the past year with this special Christmas gift offer from Dec 22nd to Jan any member as often as they wish may rent 10 movie for 6 and keep them days New releases count as and must be returned next day This your cost down to a unbelievable 23c per day and with over 5000 movies to choose from you will have a good selection at all times NINTENDO FEVER HITS HALTON HILLS It almost the and our childrens toys prove it The hottest selling item this year is a futuristic high graphic video game thats guaranteed to entertain you and your family for years to come But this new entertainment t come cheap with most games costing between 40 to 70 A small fortune can be spent keeping these machines fed We at 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